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An easy to read and accessible text that touches on all of the basics of research methods. -- Elizabeth Riina This textbook provides students with the basics of research in psychology and appears to break it down to where the students can really learn and focus on key knowledge and skills. -- Anna Mayer This is a research methods book written at a level intended for undergraduate majors in psychology. It introduces human behavioral research at a level students can understand without any previous research methods knowledge or experience. -- Erin Briggs An introductory research methods book that walks students through the steps of the research process through the delivery of the content, examples to learn from, and the application to writing practice and skills. -- Douglas P. Cooper A thorough and detailed coverage of publishing research. The book′s storytelling approach makes the material more intriguing and engaging. Students could easily follow the guidelines to write their manuscripts or prepare a presentation. -- Rui Ni An introductory-level and modern research methods book that emphasizes writing. -- Edward Lemay Humor is appropriately used to intrigue readers new to the scientific method. The writing is clear and easy to follow, and the examples are interesting and relevant to college students. -- Marilu Isiordia

""An easy to read and accessible text that touches on all of the basics of research methods."" -- Elizabeth Riina ""This textbook provides students with the basics of research in psychology and appears to break it down to where the students can really learn and focus on key knowledge and skills."" -- Anna Mayer ""This is a research methods book written at a level intended for undergraduate majors in psychology. It introduces human behavioral research at a level students can understand without any previous research methods knowledge or experience."" -- Erin Briggs ""An introductory research methods book that walks students through the steps of the research process through the delivery of the content, examples to learn from, and the application to writing practice and skills."" -- Douglas P. Cooper ""A thorough and detailed coverage of publishing research. The book′s storytelling approach makes the material more intriguing and engaging. Students could easily follow the guidelines to write their manuscripts or prepare a presentation."" -- Rui Ni ""An introductory-level and modern research methods book that emphasizes writing."" -- Edward Lemay ""Humor is appropriately used to intrigue readers new to the scientific method. The writing is clear and easy to follow, and the examples are interesting and relevant to college students."" -- Marilu Isiordia

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Dr. Heath, winner of Rider University’s Iorio Faculty Research Prize, earned her bachelor′s in psychology at Boston University and a master′s and a doctorate in Experimental Psychology with a focus in cognitive and social psychology at The University of Texas at Arlington. Ever since those early years at Boston University, she has found research exciting, and thus, she has enjoyed teaching research methods to and conducting research with undergraduates at Rider University for over 30 years. Dr. Heath has also shown her support for student research by creating the American Psychology-Law Society Award for Best Undergraduate Research Paper, awarded annually since 2006. She sees writing this textbook as another way to encourage students’ involvement in research.

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